Improvement in sewing-machine tables



G. REHFUSS.

Sewing-Machine Tables.

Paented Nov. 26,1872.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GEORGE REHF USS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,ASSIGNOR T() AMER- ICAN BUTTON-HOLE AND OVERSEAMING SEWING-MACHINECOMPANY,

OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEWING-MACHINE TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 133,487, dated November26, 1872.

. elevated as well as a depressed position. This Object I attain by thecombination of a springcatch lever, A, hin ged to the under side of theextension lap B with a stop, D, secured to the under side of thepermanent top E of the table, as shown in Figure 1 of the accompanyingdrawing. The flap B is connected to the top E of the table, as shown indotted lines, and to a fixed pin, b, in a bracket, D', On the under sideof the Hap, is 'hinged a lever, A, which a coiled spring, w, attached tothe said pin b, tends to elevate. When the ap B is raised so as tO forma continuation of the permanent top E of the table itis retained in thatposition by the end y Of the stop D, against which a projection, m, onthe lever bears. On depressing the lever the flap will fall, and onmoving it to the inclined position shown in Fig. 2, so that its lowerend will be close to the frame of the sewing-machine stand, theprojection m of the lever will catch against the rear end n of the stopD, thereby retaining the flap in a position Where it presents the leastinconvenience to the sewing-machine Operator. v

It will be observed that the outer end of the catch-lever is so curvedthat it can easily be manipulated, and that the under side Ot' the stopconsists ofa curved rib, so that when the flap B falls the projection mof the lever can slide freely over and in contact with the rib, whichmay be simply inclined instead ofcurved, until it is self-locked to therear end of the stop.

I claim as my invent-ion- 1. The combination,l substantially asdescribed, ot' the hinged extension Hap B and spring-catch lever A witha stop, D, on the top E, or other permanent part of a sewingmachinestand.

2. The project-ion m of the said spring-lever, in combinationwith theends g/ and n of the stop and the curved or. inclined rib between thesame. p

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speciiication in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEO. REHFUSS.

Witnesses:

JOHN POLLER, JOHN SHERBORNE SINGER.

